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Risk for Severe COVID-19 Outcomes among Persons with Intellectual Disabilities, the Netherlands.
- Source :
- Emerging Infectious Diseases; Jan2023, Vol. 29 Issue 1, p118-126, 9p, 4 Charts, 2 Graphs
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected persons in long-term care, who often experience health disparities. To delineate the COVID-19 disease burden among persons with intellectual disabilities, we prospectively collected data from 36 care facilities for 3 pandemic waves during March 2020-May 2021. We included outcomes for 2,586 clients with PCR-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection, among whom 161 had severe illness and 99 died. During the first 2 pandemic waves, infection among persons with intellectual disabilities reflected patterns observed in the general population, but case-fatality rates for persons with intellectual disabilities were 3.5 times higher and were elevated among those ≥40 years of age. Severe outcomes were associated with older age, having Down syndrome, and having ≥1 concurrent condition. Our study highlights the disproportionate COVID-19 disease burden among persons with intellectual disabilities and the need for disability-inclusive research and policymaking to inform disease surveillance and public health policies for this population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10806040
- Volume :
- 29
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 160974754
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2901.221346